Quotes of the Week

"Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this earth is limited, I know that better than most. Life comes down to who you love and who loves you back — government has no place in the middle."

— Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, who this week became the second Republican senator to support same-sex marriage

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"Lord, I'm going to get in trouble over this, but it is not natural for two women or two men to be married. If it was natural, they would have the equipment to have a sexual relationship."

"We're in the midst of political correctness crushing our ability to teach kids, to discipline kids."

— Eric Bolling, Fox News co-host, on the firing of Rutgers coach Mike Rice, calling it the "growing wussification of American men"

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"That was venom. That wasn't a joke."

— Donald Trump, who sued Bill Maher for demanding that the real estate mogul prove he is not the son of an orangutan. Trump withdrew the lawsuit this week.

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"We must try and contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find out."

— Roger Ebert, who died this week, from his 2011 memoir, "Life Itself"